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Wow wow Wow You have to credit Ford here. He was able to land a replacement PG as good as Collins

It’s a shame you haven’t chosen to follow that advice

Now I get it

Coming momentarily…

I guess when @TheOne talks/post we should really listen.

I do love Yuri quite a bit less but I've been a very big critic of Ford and I have to give him (and probably the Chaifetz's) a lot of credit. Now go make a Sweet 16

I think a Carr commitment is coming.

The best approach, for tax implications, is that we establish it as a separate church, and the players become masters of ceremony.

Mods, please the guillotine.

Without knowing what happened behind the scenes, this old man thinks Yuri has displayed courage in reversing direction when he realized he had made a mistake. That isn't easy for any man.

I wondered if this would happen. I questioned whether or not this board would look back on this and think that we were reacting like baseball fans to Curt Flood’s holdout. It’s possible that Yuri is just opening the floodgates here at SLU with regard to NIL. Maybe he was sending a message to the folks here that SLU needs to move a little quicker.

I’d like to change my vote….again.

If this is true, I can’t deny my Yuri love has taken a hit. However, if Coach and the team think this is the right thing then I’m all in.

I mean, we’re a better team with Yuri than without. Open arms on my end.

Notre Dame AD Reveals Major College Sports Prediction (msn.com) Interesting take on where collegiate athletics may be headed. If I read it right, he's saying SEC and Big10 schools, and I would assume the ACC and PAC 12 as well, will license their names to basically what becomes Minor League professional teams. He just mentions FSB, but would also assume he thinks hoops will follow suit. Sounds like the end of the Student Athlete era might be in the cards. Of course, it's all about the Benjamins, but this guy assumes since the SEC and B10 are garnering the biggest paydays they might go for it. After all, they wouldn't have to worry about the NCAA coming in with their penny ante investigations and possible suspensions, which never seem to impact the biggies anyways, see UNC and Kansas for examples. After giving it some thought, I think I'd like to see it happen this way. We don't have much of anything in common with these behemoths anyways. They typically dominate the HS recruiting scene and are doing the same with this crazy portal/NIL stuff as well. Also, in most cases, the HS all stars they get are more interested in pursuing their professional sports dreams than a degree. Such a set up would finally rip the cover off the hypocrisy of today's situation in college sports. Such a setup might also provide a more even playing field for the schools that decide not to compete at the professional level. Let them set up a new governing body to run championships and provide actual governance over it's member schools. I doubt this body could do away with the NIL, since that's now the law in most states, but it certainly should make the payments within reach for it's member schools. Of course, such a setup takes away the David v Goliath aspect of the NCAA, but when you look at the tourney realistically David's never gonna win the whole thing. Yeah, the occasional Loyola, Butler, or VCU makes it to the final weekend, but that's it. Why kid ourselves by thinking, make that dreaming, a mid could really pull off the ultimate miracle on hardwood. I'd much rather watch a real collegiate championship tournament than one where we're schools like SLU are being matched against professionals. I think this guy's onto something, and it ain't all bad. In fact, it sounds pretty damn good.

Time to put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet and kill the fatted calf?

Gotta keep em guessing #Unknown

Dude can recruit and re-recruit

Even Nike doesn't have enough money to compete with the cocaine cowboys.

Done with college sports

The season doesn’t start today and people like Rothstein aren’t forecasting as though it does.

If you can’t forgive Yuri you don’t know what poor feels like. Welcome home!

I think a booster (or a couple) seriously stepped up to the plate. I don’t believe for a second he came back for free. Will be interesting to see how this plays out with the other players

I wonder if Yuri texted the coaches he was coming back or actually talked to them.

Yuri:

LOL @ Dayton fans in the replies. They sure do love those preseason championship banners.

I like Andrew carrs last few “likes” on Twitter. One about jimerson and one with okoro

I guess this is good, but I don’t want a player with one foot out the door. If you’re thinking of leaving, you’ve already mentally “left”.

He never misses

I wonder if they can cancel a return on merch, gotta double up now

Happy to be wrong!!!!!! (To be fair to myself, not sure if the Key commitment was part of it. Hard to say. Not sure we'll get the full story, but as a curious fan, I hope the story comes out. At any rate, I was definitely wrong about the bridge being burned.)

Did he get the money or is he coming back because he found no takers?

Lots of people in the cesspool of Twitter picking up the story now.

Is Sonny Crockett still patrolling Biscayne Bay?

Nijel Pack isn't making the League but at least he can tell his grandkid he was the 2nd highest paid person on campus.

We should change the title of this thread. It should be called “free agency 2023.” Offers and commitments don’t matter anymore it’s all about the cash. why would any of these kids commit to a school unless they are getting paid?

Mizzou thought to have this in the bag, ha.

I keep looking at all the players transferring and their “salaries” this is getting disgusting. Each say that goes by I get more upset. Something needs to be done to save college athletics. Million dollar salaries for transfers and high school kids is gross.

Back in the early Majerus years, I always admired how Paulie Biancardi looked with those double breasted suits. He looked good.

Marcus Wilson aka Jon Bol’s guardian

Just wanna leave this here.